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predisposed, ppl. a.|-ˈpəʊzd|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
Disposed or inclined beforehand; previously or already liable or subject.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 308 It concurreth but unto predisposed effects. 1818Hallam Mid. Ages (1872) II. vii. ii. 218 Tales,..which a predisposed multitude eagerly swallowed. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 569 A direct transmission [of disease] from one member of a predisposed family to another.
Hence prediˈsposedness, the quality of being predisposed; predisposition.
1645T. Coleman Hopes Deferred 21 A praying army is a predisposednesse for successe. 1681H. More Exp. Dan. v. 141 Whether the difference lie meerly in the predisposedness of the persons..is a subtile piece of Philosophy. |